Four years into his training career, Simon Whitaker is a man building something steadily from the ground up. Since taking out his licence in 2021, he has sent out 26 winners in total — a modest but real foundation for a yard still finding its feet. This season tells a similar story: 3 winners from 77 runners, which works out to roughly 1 in every 26 races. That is a thin return, but the direction of travel is at least the right one — his win rate has nudged up from 3% last year to 4% this season, a small but meaningful sign of progress.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
77
Races
3
Wins
3.9%
Win rate
avg ~10%
22.1%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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Where Whitaker does show a clearer hand is on normal ground conditions. With 2 wins from 28 races in standard conditions this season, he wins roughly 1 in every 14 on a fair surface — more than double his overall rate. It suggests his horses are better suited to straightforward conditions than anything testing or extreme, and it is worth keeping in mind when his runners appear on a dry, standard-surface day.
The partnership numbers, though, make for sobering reading. His most-used jockey this season, Cam Hardie, has ridden 12 times for the yard without a win between them. Similarly, the horse Safio's Princess has run nine times under Whitaker's care and is yet to trouble the judge. Neither of those records is a crisis — small yards can go long stretches without a particular combination clicking — but it does underline that Whitaker is still searching for the combinations and conditions that unlock his best results consistently. When those winners do come, they will be all the more satisfying for the patience it took to find them.
📈 Form Trend
How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Mar
12.5%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
12.5%
Aug
7.7%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Mar
🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Good to soft
Loves
Standard to slow
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Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to firm
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 3
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Class 4
Avoids
Class 5
Avoids
Class 6
Likes
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, tight turning
Loves
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids
Left-handed, undulating
Avoids
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together